DRC AND M23 SIGN FRAMEWORK PEACE DEAL TO END FIGHTING IN EASTERN CONGO

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebel group have signed a framework peace deal aimed in the at ending fighting in eastern Congo.

The signing took place at a ceremony in the Qatari capital Doha on Saturday.

It’s the latest of several documents signed in recent months as part of US- and Qatar-backed efforts to end the decades-long conflict that has killed thousands of people and displaced hundreds of thousands more this year.

Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi said that the agreement sets the parties on the path towards peace.